What is Project-Based Science?

• What is project-based learning? Edutopia is a website founded by George Lucas (director of Star Wars) dedicated to helping teachers engage and excite students. This page explains the characteristics and benefits of project-based learning, with numerous videotapes of example projects. The essential features and benefits of PBS are described in the video below.

• What makes a good school project? Gary Stager describes the characteristics of a good school project and how that project helps students learn.

How Do I Plan a Project for My Students?

• NSTA Resources: Project-Based Science
• Project-Based Learning- Site developed by the Buck Institute of Education at Boise State that features supports for project planning by teachers.

• Free Project Based Learning Resources That Will Place Students At The Center Of Learning « 21 st Century Educational Technology and Learning Jan 25, 2010
  Nice compilation of theory and resources related to be Project-Based Learning. Tags: Project-Based_Learning Project_Based_Science ...
• Project, Problem, and Inquiry-Based Learning Nov 3, 2009
  A collection of online resources for teachers considering project-based approaches. Tags: Project-Based_Learning Project_Based_Science ...
• Engineering Design Challenges from NASA Oct 18, 2009
  This resource is a set of seven project-based modules for grades 6-12 on topics that include forces and motion, heat and conduction, Newton's Laws, electromagnetism, and properties of matter. Each...
• Cool Cat Teacher Blog: Teaching on the River: Our First School Wide Project Based Immersion Project May 17, 2009
  This blog entry describes an end-of-year project-based unit that integrates all disciplines and involves a whole middle school. Tags: Project-Based_Learning ...
• Project Based Learning May 16, 2009
  A site with resources for planning project-based learning at the middle and high school level. Tags: Project-Based_Learning Project_Based...
• Project Based Learning: Motivation Mar 23, 2009
  Page describes how a project-based approach can motivate and engage students. Tags: Project-Based_Learning Project_Based_Science ...
• Project Based Learning Checklists Mar 23, 2009
  Online checklist/rubric creator. Can be used to quickly make checklists capable of providing structure to students' day-to-day project work. Tags: Project-Based_Le...
• Teens capture images of space with £56 camera and balloon - Telegraph Mar 20, 2009
  Account of an awesome science project from England. Tags: Project_Based_Science
• Project Based Learning Mar 20, 2009
  This site seems to be a comprehensive support for Project-Based Learning in all subject areas. It outlines and supports the project design process. Annotations: ...
• Ten Steps to Better Student Engagement | Edutopia Mar 20, 2009
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• PBL Research Summary: Studies Validate Project-Based Learning | Edutopia Mar 13, 2009
  Summary of evidence for problem-based or project-based learning. Tags: Project-Based_Learning Project_Based_Science
• Education Week: Backers of '21st-Century Skills' Take Flak Mar 5, 2009
  Though this article presents the content vs skills debate in simple terms, the article's comments express some of the complexities. Annotations: Br...
• academyofdiscovery » home Oct 9, 2008
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